Wildlife
The Happy Hedgerow
The title of a 2021 children's book captures all that is best about our garden and countryside icon.
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The creatures a garden shares its space with; birds, insects, hedgehogs, and everything in between. These are the pieces about noticing what moves through a garden, and the small choices that make it a place worth visiting for something other than us.
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What's the One Thing that Stays the Same for Everyone in Every Garden?
Change!
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Bonfires and Vanity
Or how not to cook a hedgehog!
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The Impact of Disease: Wildlife and Your Garden
There is much we can do to help wildlife vets learn more about the wildlife in our gardens and the diseases from which they might suffer.
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Deer Feasts
Over 30 years of gardening – and almost no rabbits and not one deer incursion, but that’s all changed!
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For Fox Sake - Get off My Plants!
How to resolve the love/hate relationship with these beautiful visitors!
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A Bird in the Hand...
or - How to Train a Robin!
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Every Garden Should Have These Spring Flowers for Bumblebees
Before you fill your garden with anything else, start with these six unsung heroes. Newly emerged bumblebee queens need an early energy hit - and vital supplies for their new broods. Make every plant count.
Growing for eating
The Badger Who Came For My Yacon
Gardeners are uniquely able to throw the garden gate and the larder door open to a world of unbuyable flavours, textures, varieties and experiences, and yacon is a delicious, easy way to do just that.
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Why did the hedgehog cross the road?
Hedgehogs' territories are surprisingly large, so it's vital we link up our gardens to improve their ability to roam